91 – Health and fitness traveling tales from Asia

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In this show, we discuss the fine art of eating healthily while traveling abroad. Kevin relates his ongoing experiences in southeast Asia, where there’s hot food and hot climate! He’s noticed lots of junk food and soda that people are consuming, especially tourists. The widespread consumption of rice is probably the least harmful grain, although there’s not much nutrition in it–just extra carbs (aka, cheap filler). Coconut is once again a very healthy choice (especially the oil and milk in curry), as opposed to oh-so sweet banana pancakes! Walking and pushups and other resistance training are helpful to stay in shape while on the go.

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Items mentioned in this episode:

Find out what Kevin’s been up to:
http://freedomlovin.com

A Taste of Exotic Meats at the Explorers Club Annual Dinner
http://www.popsci.com/science/article/2012-03/exotic-meats-explorers-club-annual-dinner

India’s City Dwellers at Greater Risk Than Americans for Heart Disease
http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/observations/2012/04/20/indias-city-dwellers-at-greater-risk-than-americans-for-heart-disease/

Russell Peters – about Chinese and Indian price negotiation
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OO_Fc-OT1Pg

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4 thoughts on “91 – Health and fitness traveling tales from Asia”

Wes

20 June 2012
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Thanks for the tip, Deb. Maybe I can obtain more tasty tidbits from Kev besides the infamous banana pancakes! :) He did relate some of his culinary expeditions on his blog about his travels: http://freedomlovin.com
Deb

17 May 2012
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Love the podcasts. Very educational and informative. I am curious if Kevin is getting some recipes that he can post when completes his Asian trip. That would be very interesting to some of your readers.
Thanks for all you do.
Chris

4 May 2012
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I am sure you already have read this article rebutting Taube’s Good calorie, Bad calorie argument, but in case you have not here is the link:

http://wholehealthsource.blogspot.co.uk/2011/08/carbohydrate-hypothesis-of-obesity.html?m=1

It is a blog but it makes a good point. Not sure if I am sold either way.
- Wes
  
  4 May 2012
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  Hi, Chris. Yes, we’re familiar with Guyenet’s posts, which unfortunately aren’t in line with various facts and don’t control for confirmation bias. If you’d like to gain more clarity on this important issue and read Taubes’ lengthy rebuttals, feel free to geek out by perusing the show notes of episode 84: http://healthymindfitbody.com/2011/12/17/84-high-carb-paleo-issues/
  
  We also did a two-part series on insulin, episodes 58 and 59. If you’d rather read, I did a blog post on insulin too: http://healthymindfitbody.com/2010/12/25/does-insulin-really-deserve-a-bad-reputation/
  
  Best wishes,
  W

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